TrumpVirus Gazette…
Here’s my cumulative take-away, thin-sliced from watching Fani Willis, seeing some various summaries across networks, and ending with some perspective from Neal Katyal (lawyer, former impeachment manager, solicitor general, & author of several key policies)…
I have been picturing the GA-style RICO model as more of a wheel, with points around it connecting like spokes to anyone else, not so much the Federal RICO top-down pyramid. It’s important because for RICO charges you need to be connected to at least two different ‘racketeering acts’. If you’re a lower-level actor, say acting on direction to do one thing in the scheme, you might be an important witness who would be wise to flip, rather than be charged for two acts. Etc. (Katyal also noted this added incentive to ‘flip’).
So… Donald J #Trump was named 193 times in the first indictment; all roads lead to him.
(Why did you do this one crime? Because President Trump/Mr. Giuliani told me to!)
Clarification on the punishment, pardons, jail time etc. - As Fani Williis explained succinctly, in a brief Q&A, under GA law, jail is mandatory for this crime. It cannot be pardoned by the governor. They can seek pardon/parole - after 5 years. In Georgia, but the parole board is not allowed to review appeals for parole until after 5 years is served. So… jail if convicted.
One of the very detailed conspiratorial meetings was apparently between #Giuliani & Sidney Powell. Plus un-named co-conspirator twenty-something. Katyal noted that Giuliani gave a statement following the indictment, calling it an “affront to democracy” and blaming the justice efforts for being the real ‘criminals’. He (Katyal) bemoaned how Rudy showed no hint of contrition. (Surprise?)
A panelist asked if getting Rudy to flip was a possibility, or if not how central he is to the whole case. No, said Katyal, ‘he’s not critical; he’s just gravy’.
In summary/conclusion Katyal said that in his mind, 'the significance of the case ’ is… “the law catching up with Donald Trump”.
Can we even imagine a time without dog-whistles of racism & hate, name-calling and vilification, #disinformation & lie after lie, all while grifting and stirring up passion for his alternative cult of #TrumpVirus? Stop the rampant 'one man crime spree', and give the Devil his due - some big beautiful walls.
#Indictment #4 #Georgia #election #sedition #racketeering #RICO #conspiracy #truth #justice #accountability
